[DUCKIE]

ack... and i was already worrying about queueing with just 4 teams at a time!!!! [still trying to imagine getting 6 teams to show up in a timely manner. will i need to hold a bucket of candy... the 4 team members get a piece if they show up on time or something.]

I dont want to go to in depth... because i will be living on the boards for the next couple months anyways.

Here is my official pre-kick off guess.

# of teams - 3 [or 6 if they HAVE adjusted the # of channels. Queueing will be hell though.]
shape of field - Hexagon
alliances - none [purple = red+blue so maybe similar to 2001 when we had to all work together to beat the clock.] OR [Red+Blue+Purple where there are three teams and three "alliances" playing for themselves.]
field elements - Pyramid of some sort?
manipulatives - baseballs [or perhaps the return of the floppy donut things.]

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Maybe the field is divided into three, where everyone looks through the "rose-tinted glasses" [player station glass]and only sees one side of the center pyramid. which might be possible due to the field set-up and Pyramid placement.